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Pretty much sums it up:
"There is no safe level of driving, but governments do not recommend that people avoid driving," Spiegelhalter, who also was not involved in the research, said in a statement. "Come to think of it, there is no safe level of living, but nobody would recommend abstention."
Yeah, I figure drinking is killing me, but I want to have the feeling that it is somehow good for my health.
You know what cancer is, right?Abstaining from alcohol won't make you live longer but it will sure make it feel as if you did.
You know what cancer is, right?
Have you ever read about the health risks of Dihydrogen Monoxide? Everything you read says it is absolutely essential to life but is responsible for numerous catastrophes. A tablespoon of it can be lethal!
Troll hungry. Om nom nom!No, please explain.
Cancer? Never heard of her.You know what cancer is, right?
Troll hungry. Om nom nom!
Bit of a side note. Had a chest incident last year which sent me to the hospital. They gave me a stress test. I was 50. One of the technicians started martial arts so as the treadmill was going we were chatting it up going faster and faster.I temporarily gave up drinking a few years ago, with the intent on cleaning up my liver. No physical withdrawal, but evenings after work seemed flat and boring. At first my wife encouraged my dry out, but after 3 weeks, she said, "maybe your should have some beer." Pretty sure what that means about me, oh well, started drinking beer way to young in life, but can't do anything about that now.
On a science note, I recall hearing of two studies regarding long term drinkers, that stopping drinking completely increased risk of certain type of liver cancer, and another that it increased likelihood of type of dementia. That is not to say either of these conditions would not be better off if regular drinking had not been adopted early in life.
I think about this stuff, but don't worry about it as much as I used to.
Agree!Leaving aside all the non-biological impacts (like DUI and the "Hold my beer and watch this" Darwin Award competitions) moderate alcohol consumption likely has some benefit to some body parts, while trashing others.
C'est la vie. Life without homebrew ain't living at all
Cheers!
About 20,000 deaths per year in the US.3.5% of US cancer deaths are alcohol-attributable
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